Cedar Springs Place conforms to modern planning theories of the 1930s; it was influenced by the Garden City movement and by the 1920's housing in Germany, which had been warmly endorsed by Catherine Bauer in her 1934 treatise Modern Housing. The designs for both Garden City and German housing stressed the concept of treating the pedestrian superblock as park land, restricting vehicular access to the perimeter, and placing housing units to obtain desirable exposure to sunlight.

$6.77 a room. The average actual rent paid is $7.92 a room per month, which includes all charges for shelter, heat, hot and cold water, electricity for light and refrigeration, and gas for cooking. The date of first occupancy was September 18, 1937.

"Every unit is physically completed, and all ranges, refrigerators and window shades have been installed. Only the landscaping, much of which will have to be done during the cooler months, remained incomplete."

But three years ago, when writing his book Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal, Arizona State University's Robert Leighninger pointed out that the PWA project still stands. Indeed: Having been expanded in '42 and updated in '89 and '95 it remains a Dallas Housing Authority property.